Vocabulary #3

John has such a store of _________ information in his head that we have nicknamed him "The Encyclopedia"!

• miscellaneous

• indulging

• singed

• downright

Each year the professional football season _______ in the Superbowl game between the champions of the two conferences.

• broods

• culminates

• singes

• verifies

In his many years in Congress, he has been _______ mainly by a strong desire to help the poor in our society.

• droned

• seethed

• culminated

• animated

You ay make friends very easily, but if you continue to be so _________ , you are not going to keep them long.

• animated

• upright

• peevish

• yearning

The American people may take action right now to deal with the pollution problem that _________ so large on our horizons.

• seethes

• looms

• singes

• indulges

"If you choose to play with fire," I warned them, "you run the risk of __________ your fingers."

• indulging

• animating

• singeing

• culminating

The man was not just "a little careless" in handling our money; he was ____________ dishonest!

• downright

• upright

• yearning

• looming

Probably no _______ in American history is so well known and loved as Lincoln's speech on the battlefield of Gettysburg.

• animation

• literate

• miscellany

• oration

Even those who do not like New York must admit that it is a truly _______ city, quite unlike any other in the world.

• literate

• unique

• downright

• luster

The ________ of her reputation as a friend of all human beings has grown brighter with the years.

• goad

• luster

• loom

• indulging